Leather Binding II: Raised Cords September 21- November 30 | Tuesdays | 11 sessions Registration deadline August 15 Registration and more information here: https://karen-hanmer.square.site/shop/workshops/3 The format is a series of live tutorials via Zoom. The tutorials are recorded and the videos are available to registered students for 90 days. Students need not be present for the live sessions. In this workshop, students will further develop their binding and leather-working skills including sewing on raised cords, rounding, backing, paring, and covering. Students will complete one full leather binding with sewn endbands, flexi endsheets with decorative paper, and simple blind tooling around raised bands. * * * Leather Working for Bookbinding: Paring, headcaps, corners. August 3, 10, 17, 24 | Tuesdays, four sessions Registration deadline July 1 Registration and more information here: https://karen-hanmer.square.site/shop/workshops/3 Students will be introduced to the tools and techniques required for fine leather binding. Tools: English or Swiss paring knife, Scharfix, spoke shave. Techniques: lining boards to accept leather; paring for spines, corners, headcaps, and all-over thinning of the leather; paring and edgeparing for onlays; sharpening using microfinishing films; stropping; covering of a plaquette; forming corners and headcaps; adhesives and drying procedure for leather binding. Workshop fee includes a wood practice block for covering spines and forming headcaps. Leather Working for Bookbinding is a prerequisite for all leather binding workshops at Karen Hanmer Book Arts. -- Karen Hanmer www.karenhanmer.com Karen Hanmer Book Arts. Since 1997 answering the question "What will I do with my liberal arts degree?" 2021 online workshops at the TEACHING link on my website. To view or subscribe to my newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/4v4w2ywe